Finish It Up Friday- Dresser, Mug Rug, Shipping, Hat

The dresser is finally finished! I looked for pretty glass knobs for the drawers but didn't find anything I LOVED. So until I find something I do love, I painted the old knobs white.

Here are some close ups of the dots. I ended up using the back of the brush. 

These are the implements I tried using to see what kind of dots they would make. 

The dresser make over went all the way down to the drawer lining. Yay for bright green zig zags!

 Our room is finally starting to come together and I'm loving it! The only thing that doesn't go is Luke's Jerry Rice jersey from when he was a kid. I don't think it's going anywhere any time soon.

I also finished my closet door curtains. I HATE sliding doors because then you can only see half of what's inside. Luke took the doors off for me and I made the curtains out of the same material that's on the window and put them on a tension rod. 

I was able to get some packages out too!

Does anyone else use cereal boxes to ship things? I like that they're pretty light so they keep the weight down. But I always have to get the "Box Tops" off first (money for schools) which sometimes leads too pre shipping box repairs!

I finished binding these two sided mug rugs. 

 and I finished this Abby Cadabby hat!

It's a loose interpretation on the character from Sesame Street, and while it didn't quite come out exactly how I had imagined, its done and the girl I made it for still likes the show. It's really stretchy so the fit should be good and I'm pretty happy with it!

I'm linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and Finish it Up Friday!

WiP Wednesday -The Dresser, And Some TP Planting

I have been working on painting this dresser for a few days now. On Monday I traced this image onto the dresser with the projector and on Tuesday I painted the design this slightly darker shade of blue.

I had plans to add a couple more colors to the design but when I had put the drawers back in the dresser (they're still sticking out a little because I didn't want the paint to stick) I thought to myself, that looks pretty good the way it is! I asked a few of you for advice on whether I should add the other colors or not and the dilemma still stands. Then Mary suggested putting cling wrap over a drawer and trying some of the accents...which is when I remembered I have Photoshop! So the picture below is an edited photo with both aqua and green accents added. I need your advice! Do I add the green and aqua or do I leave it blue and white?

 These are other elements in our room.

Top left: A math  project I did in 6th grade, essentially measure and copy an original. All art framed in the same style by my Dad.

Top Right: Vase of Roses, Van Gogh

Bottom Left: Irises, Van Gogh

Bottom Right: Light blue material is our curtains, Blue and Green material on left is our paisley duvet cover (the ONLY one Luke and I could agree on.) Diamond quilt is my French Kiss quilt (see here) The light blue paint card in the back is the color I painted the dresser. The three bolder paint chip's are the colors for the accent. The one I've already painted on is the blue on the bottom.

Also a work in progress is my seed growing. I'm trying a route I pinned on Pinterest using toilet paper rolls (and some paper towel rolls) and produce/bakery containers as the green house.

 The two bins on the right are Zinnia's and the one on the left has various starters of squash.

Lastly, I've got some binding to do and these quilts will be all done!!!

I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced, WiP Wednesday

What a Weekend: Paint, Quilting, Growth and Chocolate

I've begun renovations on this dresser. My parents had it in the early part of their marriage. It was painted yellow for the baby bedrooms of me and my sister. It was painted blue to go with Valerie's Winnie the Pooh bedroom and when we got married it came to live with me and Luke in Colorado Springs. It has since moved to Garden City, Kansas with us and is NOW in the middle of a makeover. 

 I've removed the drawer knobs for some light sanding, and cant wait to show you the paint!! I'm hoping we can make a trip to Colorado Springs soon where I can pick up some glass knobs for drawer pulls.

I also did some machine quilting this weekend. 

 I received two quilt tops to be donated to Mennonite Central Committee's Relief quilt auction. The original plan was to hand quilt them but as I was assembling the quilt it became aparent that all of the seams would not be conducive to teaching new quilters. SO now I get to practice my machine quilting skills.. And dream of the day I get a long arm. One of these is a crib size and the other is a small twin.

The most exciting news!!!

 My seeds are growing!!!

Above: Zinnias

Below: Onions

 and tomatoes!

 It mus be just about Easter time because this showed up at our door this morning! Yum! Thanks Dad and Cheri!

I just love how the box looks on the 1930's Reproduction Friendship Quilt we have on our guest bed!